Rail-joint.



No. 743,804. PATBNTED NOV. 1-0, 1903.

W. A, AUGHINBAUGH.

RAIL JOINT.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 13, 1903. F0 MODEL. 2 SHBETS-BHBET 1 attend;

UNITED Y STATE Patented November 10, 1903.

PATENT Fries.

RAIL-JOINT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent NO. 743,804, dated November 10, 1903.

Application filed May 13, 1903. Serial No. 156,996. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM A. AUGHIN- BAUGH,a citizen of'the United States, residing at Quebeck, in the county of ,White and State of Tennessee, have invented new and useful Improvements in Rail-Joints, of. which th following is a specification.

My invention relates to new and usefulim provements in rail-joints; and its object is to provide a device by means of which the adjoining ends of rails maybe securely fastened together against independent longitudinal movement.

- A further object is to provide means whereby the ends of a rail may be firmly clamped at opposite ends of a block without necessitating the use of fish-plates, bolts, &c., such as ordinarily employed.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists in providing a railchair having a block centrally arranged thereon the uppersurface of which is adapted to aline with the heads of the rails placed at opposite sides thereof. Extending froin the ends of the block are flanges having lugs extending inwardly therefrom adapted to project into the bolt-holes formed in the ends of the rails. These lugs prevent independent longitudinal movement of the rails. A lateral extension is formed integral with the block and is provided with a passage therethrough for the reception of a wedge which is adapted to clamp the rails against the flanges hereinbefore referred to, and any suitable means may be employed for holding the wedge in position.

The invention also consists in the further novel construction and combination of parts hereinafter more fully described and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying draw-j ings, showing the preferred form of my in-- line 5 5, Fig. 1; and Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the wedge employed in connection with the joint.

Referring to the figures by numerals of reference, 1 is the base of a rail-chair, having a block 2 extending transversely thereof at the center, the upper portion of said block being adapted to aline with the heads of rails when in proper position upon the chair. The block 2 has. a lateral extension 3, provided with a passage 4 therethrough into which projects a set-screw 5. A flange 6 extends from opposite ends of the block 2 and overhangs base 1, and the inner edge of this flange has an upwardly extending portion 7, pro vided with inwardly-extending lugs 8. The distance from the upwardlyextending portions 7 to the inner wall of the passage 4 is equal to the thickness of the webs of the rails 9, adapted to be secured together. The ends of these rails have apertures 10 therein adapted to receive the lugs 8, and the flanges 6 are adapted to overlap the outer flanges of the rails 9, and the extensions 7 bear upon the outer faces of the webs of the rails. A wedge-shaped strip 11 is adapted to be inserted through the passage4, and this wedge is so shaped as to bear upon the inner flanges of the joined rails andalso upon the inner surfaces of the webs thereof. A longitudinallyextending recess 12 is formed in the outer face of the wedge, and after said wedge has been moved into proper position within passage 4 it is adapted to be locked'by the set-screw 5. Webs 13 are cast integral with the base 1, flanges 6, and extensions 7 and serve to strengthen the same. Recesses 14 are formed in the sides of the base for the reception of suitable securing means, such as spikes. (Not shown.) It will be seen that by providing a rail-joint of this construction the ends of the rails can be securely bound together and supported, so as to prevent pounding by the wheels passing thereover.

In the foregoing description I have shown the preferred form of my invention; but I do notlimit myself thereto, asI am aware that modifications may be made therein without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages thereof, and I therefore reserve the right to make such changes as fairly fall within thescope of my invention.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is- Ina rail-joint, the combination with abaseing adapted to extend over the flanges of the 10 plate having a block thereon adapted to be rails, extensions to the flanges, and rail-enarranged between the ends of rails; of a iatgaging lugs integral with the extensions. eral extension to the block having a passage In testimony whereof I affix my signature 5 therethrough, a Wedge adapted to be inserted in presence of two witnesses.

into the passage and having a recess therein, WILLIAM A. AUGHINBAUGH. securing means within the block adapted to I Witnesses:

W. E. SHooKLEY.

project into the recess, flanges upon the base 0. L. JOHNSON, I at opposite ends of the block, said flanges be- I 

